NCDPI Office of Charter Schools (OCS) Updates
EPICENTER
To ALL Charter School Leaders and Staff
The Office of Charter Schools is very excited to announce that we are implementing a "software tool" called
EPICENTER
which will assist with automating and streamlining our compliance and performance processes.
More exciting information to follow! Stay tuned!
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The
2018 Charter School Leadership Institute is coming!
What is it?
The
Charter School Leadership Institute is an annual gathering of charter leaders,
staff, and board members from across the state. Join us for informational
sessions, hands on workshops, and panel discussions on a wide range of topics
including specific tracks for finance and serving special populations. Sign me up!
When is it?
Great question! Thursday,
October 18 (8am-4:30pm) and Friday, October 19 (8am-1pm)
Where is it?
Even
better question! This year’s Institute will be at Pine Springs Preparatory
Academy at 220 Rosewood Centre Drive, Holly Springs, NC 27540. Huge thanks to
Pine Springs for hosting!
How much does it cost?
Less fun, but extremely
relevant question. The registration fee is $55 per participant.
Where should I stay?
There
are a few options in the immediate vicinity. Here are some recommendations: Hampton Inn
and Suites Holly Springs (3.3mi); Comfort Inn Apex (2.7mi); Holiday Inn
Express Apex-Raleigh (3.2mi)
What else should I know?
Lunch will be provided both days. Agendas, speakers, logistics, and more
coming soon!
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OCS Monthly Webinar Series
September 27,
2018 | 10:00-11:00am EDT | Register Here
Join us for the
September edition of the OCS Monthly Webinar Series. Rebecca Belcastro, DPI K-3
Literacy Consultant, will lead a conversation and answer questions about Read
to Achieve and what it means for charters including legislative updates,
implementation, and training.
NCStar Regional Trainings
Federal Program Monitoring & Support will be conducting
regional NCStar Trainings. These regional opportunities will contain both
beginner trainings and Q&A sessions for experienced users. From 8:30am –
1:00pm at each location, beginner training will be conducted and then from
2pm-4pm Q&A sessions for experienced users will be held.
Registration is
open at www.ncstar.weebly.com. Space
is limited and registration for each site will close once site capacity is
reached. Please remember that any school identified in a federal or state
list will be required to use NCStar to create and manage their school
improvement plan. Any school that wishes to use the tool, must attend a
beginner training at least once. These are the eight dates and sites:
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September 26th
– Sampson County Schools Boardroom
at 437 Rowan Road
in Clinton
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September 28th – Olive Hill
Resource Center
at 509 West Concord Street in Morganton
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October 2nd –
Asheville City Schools
at 85 Mountain Street in Asheville
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October 3rd – Linda Rader Staff
Development Center
at 240 Eighth
Avenue in Cramerton
at 110 Corning
Road in Cary
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October 11th – New Hanover
County Schools Board of Education Center
at 1805 South 13th Street in Wilmington
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October 19th – Sadie
Saulter Educational Center
at 400 Spruce Street in Greenville
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October 23rd
– Workforce Development & Continuing Education Building
at 629 Industrial
Park Avenue in Asheboro
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Charter School Leaders and Board Members
Board
members from charter schools that are opening in 2019 are required to
attend 5 face-to-face Planning Year Sessions from September to January.
The school leader and some of the board members are also required to attend
the New Charter School Leaders Institute in June.
As a customer service,
the Office of Charter Schools continues to open up these sessions to all
charter schools.
If you have a new school leader and/or a new board
member interested in attending any of the sessions, he or she must register to
attend. Please note the schedule below:
Date
Time
Location
Topic
September 26, 2018
8:00 - 4:15
DPI: Room 150
Charter School Governance
October 31, 2018
8:00 - 4:15
DPI: Room 150
Charter School Finance
November 14, 2018
8:00 - 4:15
DPI: Room 150
Charter School Operations & Accountability
December 12, 2018
8:00 - 4:30
DPI: Room 150
Meeting the Needs of All Students
January 30, 2019
8:00 - 4:15
DPI: Room 150
Our School Opens in 7 Months! Now What?
June 11 - 12, 2019
8:00 - 5:00
DPI: Rooms 150, 224, 564
New Charter School Leaders Institute
Registration is now open for the September session.
Registration ends on Sunday, September 16th. Please use this
link to register: https://goo.gl/forms/XxEYWeciq3V8SfAp2
For questions, please
contact Shaunda Cooper at shaunda.cooper@dpi.nc.gov
and Stephenie Clark at stephenie.clark@dpi.nc.gov.
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 NC Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) Updates
With September being Attendance Awareness Month, this is the perfect time to consider your data, systems and practices that support strong attendance and address chronic absenteeism. The NC MTSS work is about building a system that examines data and installs practices that positively impact teachers and students. The IABS resources are created to support school teams in doing just that.
Consider how using the following MTSS resources, available in MTSS Module 2.4, may support your school to become more efficient for teachers and more effective for all students:
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Core: Universal Attendance Practices for Success
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Supplemental Planning: Behavior Social Emotional Attendance Matrix
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Processes: Flowchart/YouTube Video explaining Flowchart
Additionally, you will find a wealth of resources supporting strong school attendance here.
As always, if your charter team needs additional coaching to install an MTSS reach out to us at integratedsystems@dpi.nc.gov.
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2018 Exceptional Children Educator of Excellence Recognition
The Exceptional Children Division will recognize educators of excellence at
the 68th Conference on Exceptional Children.
Local schools systems are
asked to identify one teacher or related service provider of exceptional from
the school under its oversight.
Please see the attached Memorandum for
details. You may direct questions to Melissa Towery, Melissa.towery@dpi.nc.gov, Jenny
Stroupe, jenny.stroupe@dpi.nc.gov,
or Tish Bynum, tish.bynum@dpi.nc.gov.
Memo-Educator+of+Excellence+2018.pdf
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2018-2019 World Language Webinar Series
The 2018-2019 World Language
Webinar Series details are below and posted on the Webinar Series Information page on the
World Languages wiki.
As in the past, all of the broadcasts will be on Wednesdays
from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. and the materials from each webinar (slides, handouts,
links, etc.), along with a recording of the broadcast, will be posted
approximately 1 week later so that they can be used in local professional
development.
Educators who
participate in a live broadcast of a World Language webinar from this series
will receive an email receipt with 1 contact hour or 0.1 CEU, which could be
used for licensure renewal. Note: Local Education Agencies (LEAs) or
districts and charter schools must approve professional development offerings.
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September 2018 Periodic Count-End-of-Year Reporting: Exiting Data
Please see the attached Memorandum regarding Periodic Count Data.
Contact the Help Desk at (919) 807-4357 if you have questions regarding the
End-of-year Exiting Data.
WELCOME TO OUR TEACHER MINI-GRANTS PROGRAM!
The Aquarium Scholars program is a new partnership between the three North Carolina Aquariums, Jennette’s Pier, North
Carolina public schools and the nonprofit North Carolina Aquarium
Society, through which private donors help fund access to science,
technology, engineering and math based Aquarium education programs for
underserved students across the state.
http://www.ncaquariums.com/aquarium-scholars
These grants are only available for Title 1 teachers.
NC Department of Public Instruction Links
Memo regarding
Regionally Offered Adolescent Literacy Overviews
Memo Significant Cognitive Disability Foundations of Math
 Other News
2018/2019SY New Homeless Liaison Compliance Training
NCHEP will be conducting annual New
Homeless Liaison Compliance Training sessions during September 2018. This year
separate training sessions will be held for new liaisons from regular LEAs and
charter schools as noted below.
Those who are new homeless liaison with 2 years
or less experience for their LEA or charter school and who did not attend the new
homeless liaison training held for LEAs or charter schools during the 2017-18SY
should participate in this all-day professional development.
Local Educational Agencies
September 6, 2018
The SERVE Center at UNCG
5900 Summit Ave., Dixon Bldg.
Browns Summit, NC 27214
Register for the LEA NHLCT
Charter Schools
September 13, 2018
The SERVE Center at UNCG
5900 Summit Ave., Dixon Bldg.
Browns Summit, NC 27214
Register for the Charter Schools NHLCT
The topics for training will include:
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Compliance with the
McKinney-Vento Act
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Transportation
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Early Education
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Higher Education (RDS)
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Immunization
and Health Assessment Compliance Reporting
Each year, all
schools are required to report the immunization status of their kindergarten
and 7th grade students, according to G.S. 130A-155(c) and G.S. 130A-440. The
purpose of these reports is to ensure that all
children enrolled in North Carolina schools are protected against
vaccine-preventable diseases and to determine the number of children who meet
state immunization requirements.
Additionally, all North Carolina public
and public charter schools are required annually to report on the status of
Health Assessments for those students who are enrolling for the first time in a
North Carolina public or public charter school (G.S. 130A-441(c)).
Report submission
can take place after the 30th calendar day from the school’s
official first day. A combined compliance report is available this year,
by school name, and must be completed on-line at this link: Annual Health Assessment and Immunization Report. You
may use the link to access instructions as well as worksheets to gather your
responses prior to entering the online report.
Compliance reports
are due no later than November 1, 2018 but may be completed at
any time prior to that date.
Communication
From The Consultant
The Technical
Assistance Summary provides valuable school health information.
School Health Coordinators and/or School Nurses are encouraged to review this
quarterly circular so you can stay up-to-date with news and announcements from
the Charter School Health Nurse Consultant.
Do
You Have a School Nurse or School Health Coordinator?
In order to
ensure proper delivery of School Health Services information, please use this
link to provide contact information. The contact information provided
will be used to ensure receipt of important school health
requirements and continuing education opportunities. Please have your
school nurse or school health coordinator fill out this quick survey so they
may be included on our distribution list.
Kristin
Wike, MSN, RN, NCSN
Charter
School Health Nurse Consultant
NC
Division of Public Health - Children and Youth Branch
NC
Department of Health and Human Services
828
230 7148 office
828
230 7148 mobile
kristin.wike@dhhs.nc.gov
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